Total Years of Experience: 22 Years, 11 Months
January 2002
To Present
Logistics and Supply Chain Manager
at Ali Abdulwahab Al Mutawa Commercial
Location :
Kuwait - Al Kuwait
Key Responsibilities:
• Commanding value chain planning initiatives, development of shipping and logistics strategies and roadmap as well as in-year operational strategy in lines with AAW business strategy.
• Developing vision and strategy for Supply Chain Network Operations.
• Shouldering onus for Budget Management, establishing cost-reduction and control strategies across all warehouse activities.
• Identifying and quantifying transformational opportunities. Driving continuous process improvement and enhanced operations management by creating blueprints that define future operating model
• Developed procedures for coordination of supply chain management with other functional areas, such as sales, marketing, and finance.
• Evaluated and generated information about supplier performance or procurement program success.
• Promoted and implemented improvements to increase efficiencies and encourage best working practice
• Planned, led, organized and controlled warehouse management and operations. Ensures continuous warehouse operations processes execution.
• Owned warehouse performance management, lead and build a plan to deliver continuous improvement and execution of warehouse quality assurance system.
• Accountable for the overall Warehouse KPI's and performance. Set up, initiated, assessed and planned to ensure optimum space management. (Lay-out), and resource utilization
• Designed & implemented warehousing strategies for finished products.
• Developed & implemented procedures or systems to evaluate suppliers for warehousing activities.
• Scheduled team's daily work activities including daily receiving, storage, and more.
• Led the execution and reconciliation of accurate cycle-count/ inventory records and related reporting.
• Streamlining operations, controlling operating costs resulting in enhanced profitability. Identifying, directing and focusing resources whilst enhancing operations and service delivery.
• Monitoring commercial documentation for import trade in compliance with statutory regulations and dealing with shipping companies & government departments.
• Providing leadership and supporting day to day shipping operations. Optimizing the planning of shipments on the basis of costs and to determine optimal delivery sequences and transportation dates/times.
• Coordinating with Shipping Lines for sea freight rationalizing and resolving the billing / payment issues like L/C, TT & IBC.
• Coordinating with suppliers, identifying innovative solutions that support contracts optimization, improved delivery, pricing and lead-times, in line with corporate policies and procedures.
• Interfacing with warehouses and showroom, traveling overseas for procurement and assisting new companies for establishing the business relation.
• Informing the agents with client’s product line and service offerings and sharing regular updates (SWOT ANALYSIS)
• Acting as business catalyst, ensuring sales growth is consistent and quality standards are best in the brand, across markets. Generating detailed sales analysis report on monthly basis.
• Ensuring optimal usage of resources to operate as per schedule and enforcing budgetary guidelines, cost control measures.
• Commanding value chain planning initiatives, development of shipping and logistics strategies and roadmap as well as in-year operational strategy in lines with AAW business strategy.
• Developing vision and strategy for Supply Chain Network Operations.
• Shouldering onus for Budget Management, establishing cost-reduction and control strategies across all warehouse activities.
• Identifying and quantifying transformational opportunities. Driving continuous process improvement and enhanced operations management by creating blueprints that define future operating model
• Developed procedures for coordination of supply chain management with other functional areas, such as sales, marketing, and finance.
• Evaluated and generated information about supplier performance or procurement program success.
• Promoted and implemented improvements to increase efficiencies and encourage best working practice
• Planned, led, organized and controlled warehouse management and operations. Ensures continuous warehouse operations processes execution.
• Owned warehouse performance management, lead and build a plan to deliver continuous improvement and execution of warehouse quality assurance system.
• Accountable for the overall Warehouse KPI's and performance. Set up, initiated, assessed and planned to ensure optimum space management. (Lay-out), and resource utilization
• Designed & implemented warehousing strategies for finished products.
• Developed & implemented procedures or systems to evaluate suppliers for warehousing activities.
• Scheduled team's daily work activities including daily receiving, storage, and more.
• Led the execution and reconciliation of accurate cycle-count/ inventory records and related reporting.
• Streamlining operations, controlling operating costs resulting in enhanced profitability. Identifying, directing and focusing resources whilst enhancing operations and service delivery.
• Monitoring commercial documentation for import trade in compliance with statutory regulations and dealing with shipping companies & government departments.
• Providing leadership and supporting day to day shipping operations. Optimizing the planning of shipments on the basis of costs and to determine optimal delivery sequences and transportation dates/times.
• Coordinating with Shipping Lines for sea freight rationalizing and resolving the billing / payment issues like L/C, TT & IBC.
• Coordinating with suppliers, identifying innovative solutions that support contracts optimization, improved delivery, pricing and lead-times, in line with corporate policies and procedures.
• Interfacing with warehouses and showroom, traveling overseas for procurement and assisting new companies for establishing the business relation.
• Informing the agents with client’s product line and service offerings and sharing regular updates (SWOT ANALYSIS)
• Acting as business catalyst, ensuring sales growth is consistent and quality standards are best in the brand, across markets. Generating detailed sales analysis report on monthly basis.
• Ensuring optimal usage of resources to operate as per schedule and enforcing budgetary guidelines, cost control measures.
January 2002
To Present
Logistics and Supply Chain Manager
at Ali Abdulwahab Al Mutawa Commercial
Location :
Kuwait - Al Kuwait
AAW is the first to kick-start and establish the furniture market in Kuwait. It provides versatile products after acquiring the world’s top-of-the-line furniture brands from China, Europe and the United States like Nolte and Century Furniture.
Accomplishments:
• Instrumental in driving lowest cost logistics services and customer service through effective leadership and management of Logistics Department
• Efficaciously dealt with global iconic Furniture Brands including Bassett, La-Z-Boy, Legacy, Broyhill, Nolte Group, Uchida, Wiemann, Lifestyle etc.
• Superintended a robust of 50+, acted as a leader and mentor to the staff; built a strong team by developing, motivating, coaching, training and retaining talent.
• Create a culture of continuous improvement, initiated warehouse optimisation and operational improvements.
• Aided in setting up the new stores, recruitment and team building, ensuring corporate SOP/culture compliance.
Accomplishments:
• Instrumental in driving lowest cost logistics services and customer service through effective leadership and management of Logistics Department
• Efficaciously dealt with global iconic Furniture Brands including Bassett, La-Z-Boy, Legacy, Broyhill, Nolte Group, Uchida, Wiemann, Lifestyle etc.
• Superintended a robust of 50+, acted as a leader and mentor to the staff; built a strong team by developing, motivating, coaching, training and retaining talent.
• Create a culture of continuous improvement, initiated warehouse optimisation and operational improvements.
• Aided in setting up the new stores, recruitment and team building, ensuring corporate SOP/culture compliance.
March 2001
To November 2001
Junior Database Administrator / Network Engineer
at Polymer Papers Ltd.
Location :
India - Faridabad
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